2019 Uruguayan Primera División season, Teams
El Tanque Sisley, who did not compete in the 2018 season, as well as the two bottom-placed teams in the relegation table of the 2018 season, Torque and Atenas, were relegated to the Segunda División for the 2019 season. They will be replaced by Cerro Largo, Juventud, and Plaza Colonia, who were promoted from the Segunda División.


2019 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura, named "Sr. Juan Lazaroff", was the first tournament of the 2019 season. It began on 16 February and ended on 5 June.


2019 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Intermedio
The Torneo Intermedio was the second tournament of the 2019 season, played between the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. It consisted of two groups whose composition depended on the final standings of the Torneo Apertura: teams in odd-numbered positions played in Serie A, and teams in even-numbered positions played in Serie B. It started on 13 July and concluded on 8 September, with the winners being granted a berth into the 2020 Copa Sudamericana and the 2020 Supercopa Uruguaya.


2019 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura, named "Sr. Franz Oppenheimer", was the third and last tournament of the 2019 season. It began on 14 September and ended on 11 December.


2019 Uruguayan Primera División season, Torneo Clausura, Torneo Clausura decider
Since Nacional and Peñarol ended up tied in points for first place, an additional match was played by both teams to decide the Torneo Clausura winners. Nacional won this match and qualified for the semifinal.


2019 Uruguayan Primera División season, Aggregate table
The aggregate table includes the results of the three stages played throughout the season: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Intermedio, and Torneo Clausura. The top team at the end of the season will qualify for the finals of the championship playoff.


2019 Uruguayan Primera División season, Championship play-off, Final
Since Nacional, who had the best record in the aggregate table, won the semi-final, they became champions automatically and the final was not played. Peñarol became runners-up as the second-placed team in the aggregate table. Both teams qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage.


2019 Uruguayan Primera División season, Relegation
Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2018 and 2019. The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to the Segunda División for the following season.


2019 Uruguayan Segunda División season
The 2019 Uruguayan Segunda División is the season of second division professional of football in Uruguay. A total of 12 teams will compete; the top two teams and the winner of the Championship play-offs are promoted to the Uruguayan Primera División.


2019 Uruguayan constitutional referendum
The 2019 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, officially referred to as the Referendum for constitutional reform on security matters (Spanish: Plebiscito de reforma constitucional en materia de seguridad) took place alongside general election of that year, on 27 October 2019, to ask the electorate whether a constitutional reform in public security should be approved. The proposed amendments to the Constitution would create a national guard, forbid early release for some serious crimes, introduce life sentences for crimes of rape, sexual abuse or homicide of minors as well as aggravated homicide of adults, and allow the police to conduct night raids. The referendum resulted in 46.8% of the votes cast in favor of amending the Constitution, however, not reaching the necessary 50%, the amendment was not approved, being rejected by 53.7% of the votes.


2019 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Campaign
Following a call by Senator Jorge Larrañaga, a movement to collect signatures was organized under the slogan "Vivir sin Miedo"(Spanish for "Living without fear"), with the aim of making changes to the public security legislation. Finally, enough people signed the proposal and the Electoral Court validated it. The most notable aspects of the proposed reform are summarized below:


2019 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Campaign
The proposal was very controversial. The validation of the referendum was a few months before the presidential primaries were held — in which its promoter, Jorge Larrañaga, barely received 78,450 votes and was third in the National Party. Because of this, many candidates strongly objected to the initiative. Furthermore, the Institute of Human Rights came to question the validity of the initiative itself.


2019 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Responses
None of the 11 candidates for President supported the proposed constitutional reform. The ruling party, the leftist Broad Front, as well as Popular Unity and the Workers' Party rejected the reform. In the rest of the political spectrum, the candidates Luis Lacalle Pou, Guido Manini Ríos and Ernesto Talvi spoke out against the proposal, but they let their supporters free to act.


2019 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Responses
Simultaneously, a group was formed to carry out a counter-campaign, called: "Articulación Nacional No a la Reforma" (Spanish for: "National Articulation No to the Reform"). With the slogan "No a la reforma, el miedo no es la forma" (Spanish for: "No to reform, fear is not the way)", they urged a deeper analysis of reality, and the true roots of insecurity, appealing to education, rehabilitation and prevention instead of violence, fear or repression. On October 22, 2019, an act against the constitutional reform was held on 18 de Julio Avenue.


2019 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Responses
In the last week of the campaign, Former President Julio María Sanguinetti announced that he would vote in favor of the reform and stated that "it is a personal decision and does not represent the thinking of the Colorado Party." The then President, Tabaré Vázquez said that he was against the proposal, stating "I trust the intelligence of the Uruguayan people." After these statements, the possibility that Vázquez had violated the Constitution when pronouncing on this issue was discussed.


2019 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Results
Voters participating in the general elections had the opportunity to take a ballot in favour of the proposed amendment, and attach it to their ballots in their envelopes, or not to do so. Only the presence (or not) of the "yes" ballot was recorded as a vote being cast, with no invalid votes possible.


2019 Uruguayan constitutional referendum, Results
Although legally binding, in order to be considered valid, the proposal must receive an absolute majority of votes in its favour, and be supported by at least 35% of registered voters (turnout). The measure failed, receiving the necessary quorum but not a majority of votes in favour. The total number of registered voters used to calculate the referendum turnout rate differed slightly from that of registered voters for the elections held on the same day, as some foreign nationals with a significant period of residency were able to vote in elections, but not in referendums.


2019 Uruguayan general election
General elections were held in Uruguay on Sunday, 27 October 2019 to elect the President and General Assembly. As no presidential candidate received a majority in the first round of voting, a runoff election took place on 24 November.


2019 Uruguayan general election
In the 2014 elections, the left-wing Broad Front had won a third consecutive election with absolute majorities in both houses of the General Assembly. The Broad Front's term in office еarned support through the creation of a large welfare system, but at the same time was undermined by an increasing budget deficit, along with rising unemployment and a spike in violence. The election campaign focused primarily around the issue of crime, with each party proposing different solutions. A constitutional referendum on amendments proposed by opposition senator Jorge Larrañaga was held alongside the elections. The amendments proposed the introduction of a National Guard and tougher security measures.


2019 Uruguayan general election
As incumbent president Tabaré Vázquez was unable to seek re-election due to constitutional term limits, the Broad Front nominated former Montevideo mayor Daniel Martínez as its presidential candidate. The National Party nominated its 2014 candidate Luis Lacalle Pou, the Colorado Party nominated the economist Ernesto Talvi, and the new Open Cabildo party nominated former commander-in-chief of the Uruguayan Army, Guido Manini Ríos.


2019 Uruguayan general election
Heading into the elections, most opinion polls predicted a run-off between Martínez and Lacalle Pou, along with the loss of the Broad Front's congressional majority and the growth of Open Cabildo. In the first round of voting, the Broad Front saw its worst results since the 1999 elections, but Martínez still received the most votes in the 11-candidate field and qualified for the runoff along with Lacalle Pou, who subsequently received support from most of the eliminated opposition parties.


2019 Uruguayan general election
In the runoff, Lacalle Pou defeated Martínez by just over 37,000 votes in a tight race, with the final result only declared after the counting of absentee ballots. Martinez conceded defeat four days after the election, saying that the outstanding absentee ballots would not be enough to overcome Lacalle Pou's lead in preliminary results.


2019 Uruguayan general election
The elections marked the first loss for the Broad Front in a presidential election since 1999, with Lacalle Pou becoming the first National Party president since his father, Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera, who held office from 1990 to 1995.


2019 Uruguayan general election, Background
The 2014 elections had resulted in a third consecutive victory for the Broad Front. Former president Tabaré Vázquez was returned to office for a second non-consecutive term, having previously served as president from 2004 to 2009. The Broad Front also won an absolute majority in the General Assembly. Vázquez was ineligible to run again due to constitutional term limits. As a result, the governing Broad Front had to nominate a new candidate.


2019 Uruguayan general election, Background
The economy had seen continued growth since 2003, allowing the government to invest heavily in social programs, pensions and health care. However, improved poverty and inequality ratios came at the cost of a budget deficit that reached 4.8 percent of GDP by the end of August 2019. According to political analysts, the Broad Front was predicted to lose its congressional majority, which combined with an increase in the number of parties expected to win seats in Congress, would make coalition negotiations difficult.


2019 Uruguayan general election, Electoral system
The elections were held using the double simultaneous vote method, whereby voters cast a single vote for the party of their choice for all three of the Presidency, the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives.


2019 Uruguayan general election, Electoral system
The President of Uruguay was elected using the two-round system, with a run-off held when no candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round. The 30 members of the Senate were elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. The vice president, elected on the same ballot as the president, becomes president of the Senate, with their vote being the casting one when Senate votes are tied. The 99 members of the Chamber of Representatives were elected by closed list proportional representation in 19 multi-member constituencies based on the departments. Seats were allocated using the highest averages method.


2019 Uruguayan general election, Candidates
Presidential primaries were held on 30 June to select the candidates:


2019 Uruguayan general election, Results, Overall
On 25 November, preliminary results in the runoff election showed Lacalle Pou ahead by 28,666 votes (48.71%) over Martínez (47.51%), which delayed the announcement of a winner as 35,229 absentee vote needed to be counted. However, on 28 November, while these ballots were still being counted, Martínez conceded the race after concluding that they would not reverse Lacalle Pou's preliminary lead. On 30 November, final votes counts confirmed Lacalle Pou as the winner with 48.8% of the total votes cast over Martínez with 47.3%.


2019 Uruguayan presidential primaries
Presidential primary elections were held in Uruguay on 30 June 2019 in order to nominate the presidential candidate for every political party.


2019 Uruguayan presidential primaries, Broad Front, Background
The Broad Front is the party of incumbent president Tabaré Vázquez, which was unable to seek reelection due to constitutional term limits, so it had to pick a new presidential nominee. This primary was also considered a generation change of the Broad Front, due to the lack of presence of historically dominant names such as Tabaré Vázquez, José Mujica and Danilo Astori.


2019 Uruguayan presidential primaries, Broad Front, Results
During non-mandatory primary voting on June 30th, 2019 Daniel Martinez, the former Intendant of Montevideo, won his party's endorsement.


2019 Uruguayan presidential primaries, National Party
The National Party has been the main opposition party since the 2004 election. Its nomination is contested by the following candidates:


2019 Uruguayan presidential primaries, National Party
During non-mandatory primary voting on June 30th, 2019 Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, the son of the former President of Uruguay Luis Alberto Lacalle, won his party's endorsement. Multimillionaire, Juan Sartori, came in a distant second place.


2019 Uruguayan presidential primaries, Colorado Party
The Colorado Party nomination is contested by the following candidates:


2019 Uruguayan presidential primaries, Colorado Party
During non-mandatory primary voting on June 30th, 2019 Ernesto Talvi, an economist and relative newcomer to politics, won his party's endorsement by beating the two-time former president Julio María Sanguinetti.


2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200
The 2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on October 5, 2019, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 200 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 29th race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, third race of the Playoffs, and the last race of the Round of 12.


2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200, Background, Track
Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.


2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200, Practice, First practice
Chase Briscoe was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 23.623 seconds and a speed of 152.394 mph (245.254 km/h).


2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200, Practice, Final practice
Cole Custer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 23.795 seconds and a speed of 151.292 mph (243.481 km/h).


2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200, Qualifying
Chase Briscoe scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.894 seconds and a speed of 157.246 mph (253.063 km/h).


2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200, Race
Chase Briscoe started at the rear of the field due to electrical issues, so Austin Cindric started on pole. On the second lap, Tyler Reddick slid on the frontstretch and Justin Allgaier followed, causing Harrison Burton and Brandon Jones to wreck behind them. This wreck caused Jones to be eliminated from the playoffs. On lap 22, John Hunter Nemechek spun Mike Harmon and brought out the second caution. Allgaier took the lead and won Stage 1.


2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200, Race
Allgaier continued his lead to win Stage 2. Briscoe took the lead afterwards and dominated. Cole Custer, Michael Annett, and Justin Haley stayed out late in the pit cycle, which proved to be beneficial when Dillon Bassett caused a caution when he spun entering pit road. Allgaier got the free pass, while Briscoe and Cindric took the wave-around, causing only six cars to be on the lead lap during the restart.


2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200, Race
Custer sped past Allgaier on the restart, then remained in the lead after the last one caused by Stephen Leicht, Matt Mills, and Ray Black Jr. being involved in an accident with seven laps left. Custer held off Allgaier to take the race win. With Jones eliminated in the opening laps, Nemechek needed Annett to struggle in order to pass him in points while Haley and Ryan Sieg needed to win the race to advance. Since Nemechek didn't gain 10 points more than Annett, he was eliminated from the playoffs alongside Haley and Sieg.


2019 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200, Race, Final Stage Results
. – Driver advanced to the next round of the playoffs.


2019 Utah Royals FC season
The 2019 Utah Royals FC season marks the team's second year of existence and its second season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of the American soccer pyramid.


2019 Utah Royals FC season
In an effort to improve on the team's 5th place finish in 2018, the Royals signed former Spanish international and Spain's all-time leading scorer Vero Boquete for the 2019 season.


2019 Utah Royals FC season
Utah encountered numerous injury problems to start the season as both Brittany Ratcliffe and Taylor Lytle suffered season ending injuries before the season began. Canadian international Diana Matheson suffered a toe injury with the Canadian National Team which would require surgery, this injury would also force her to miss the World Cup. To help deal with these absences, Utah claimed Mallory Weber off waivers from the Portland Thorns FC.


2019 Utah Royals FC season
Six members of the Royals would miss games due to their participation at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O'Hara and Christen Press for the United States, Desiree Scott for Canada, Katie Bowen for New Zealand and Rachel Corsie for Scotland.


2019 Utah Royals FC season
The Royals would lose another player at the end of June as defender Samantha Johnson announced her retirement from professional soccer.


2019 Utah Royals FC season
Defender Kelley O'Hara suffered an ankle injury during the first USWNT victory tour match on August 3, she would miss the remainer of Utah's season due to this injury.


2019 Utah Royals FC season
On August 14, Royals forward Christen Press was named NWSL Player of the Week for Week 17, this was the first time a player on the Utah Royals had received this award. Press was also named Player of the Month for August, which was also a first for the club.


2019 Utah Royals FC season
The Royals were eliminated from playoff contention on September 28 after their fourth consecutive loss.


2019 Utah Royals FC season
Utah defender Becky Sauerbrunn was named 2019 NWSL Defender of the Year, this was her fourth time winning the award, as she had previously won it three times while playing for FC Kansas City.


2019 Utah Royals FC season, Competitions, NWSL Regular Season, Results summary
Last updated: October 12, 2019Source: NWSL ResultsPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2019 Utah State Aggies football team
The 2019 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by head coach Gary Andersen in his fifth overall season, although first season after taking over as the program's head coach for the second time. The team played their home games at Maverik Stadium, and competed as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference.


2019 Utah State Aggies football team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the 2018 season with an 11–2 overall record, going 7–1 in conference  play to tie for first place in the Mountain Division with Boise State. The team was invited to the 2018 New Mexico Bowl where they defeated North Texas 52–13. Head coach Matt Wells was hired by Texas Tech shortly after the season ended, and Gary Andersen was named his replacement on December 9, 2018. Andersen had previously coached at Utah State from 2009 to 2012.


2019 Utah State Aggies football team, Preseason, Award watch lists
Utah State had five players placed on eleven different award watch lists heading into the 2019 season.


2019 Utah State Aggies football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Americans
Utah State had three players named as preseason All-Americans by various publications.


2019 Utah State Aggies football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
Mountain West Media Days were held on July 23–24 at the Green Valley Ranch resort in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nevada.


2019 Utah State Aggies football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
In the preseason media poll, the Aggies were predicted to finish second in the Mountain Division.


2019 Utah State Aggies football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Preseason All-Mountain West Team
Jordan Love was selected as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year at MWC Media Days. Utah State had four additional players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.


2019 Utah State Aggies football team, Personnel, Coaching staff
The 2019 Aggie coaching staff included ten new coaches as a result of Matt Wells' departure and the subsequent rehiring of Gary Andersen. Only Frank Maile and Stacy Collins remained from the previous staff. Of the ten new coaches, two had previous experience at Utah State (Gary Andersen and TJ Woods), and two were former Aggie football players (Keegan Andersen and Bojay Filimoeatu).


2019 Utah Utes football team
The 2019 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Utes were led by 15th-year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. They competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference.


2019 Utah Utes football team, Previous season
The Utes finished the 2018 season 9–5, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to win the South Division. In the Pac-12 Championship game, they lost to No. 10-ranked Washington. They received an invitation to the Holiday Bowl where they lost to Northwestern.


2019 Utah Utes football team, Previous season
Utah announced in January 2019 that Andy Ludwig would be returning to the school as offensive coordinator, replacing Troy Taylor, who left to take the head coaching job at Sacramento State. Ludwig had been head coach Kyle Whittingham's first offensive coordinator at Utah from 2005 to 2008, a tenure which included the Utes' undefeated 2008 season. He had served the previous six seasons as the offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt.


2019 Utah Utes football team, Preseason, Pac-12 media days, Pac-12 media poll
In the 2019 Pac-12 media poll, Utah was voted as the favorite to win both the South Division and the Pac–12 Championship Game.


2019 Utah Utes football team, Schedule
Utah's 2019 schedule will begin on Thursday, August 29 on the road against rival BYU, a football independent. They will round out their non-conference slate with home games against Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference and Idaho State of the Big Sky Conference. In Pac-12 Conference play, the Utes will play the other members of the South Division and draw California, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State from the North Division. They will not play Oregon or Stanford as part of the regular season.


2019 Uttarakhand local elections
The 2019 Uttarakhand Panchayat general elections were held in the Indian state of Uttarakhand on in three phases on 5, 11, and 16 October 2019.


2019 Uttarakhand local elections
Previously, in the same year on 14 June 2019, the Uttarakhand State Election Commission also announced the poll dates for the municipal councils of Srinagar and Bajpur on 8 July 2019 and the results were declared on 10 July 2019.


2019 Uttarakhand local elections
Additionally, the Uttarakhand State Election Commission announced the poll date for Roorkee Municipal Corporation on 22 November 2019 and results were declared on 24 November 2019.


2019 Uttarakhand local elections, External links
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2019 Uttlesford District Council election
The 2019 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Uzbekistan Cup
The 2019 Uzbekistan Cup is the 27th season of the annual Uzbekistan Cup, the knockout football cup competition of Uzbekistan.


2019 Uzbekistan Cup
A total of 36 teams participate in the tournament. The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2020 AFC Champions League.


2019 Uzbekistan Cup, First round
The draws for the first round was held on 18 April 2019.


2019 Uzbekistan Cup, First round
Rubin 3 - 3 (aet, 3 - 4 p) Ittifok Navoiy


2019 Uzbekistan Cup, Second round
Ten teams from Super League and eight teams from Pro League A enter.


2019 Uzbekistan Cup, Second round
Kokand-1912 2 - 2 (aet; 6 - 7 p) Qizilqum


2019 Uzbekistan Cup, Round of 16
Lokomotiv, Pakhtakor, Navbahor, and AGMK enter. The draw for the round of 16 was held on 22 July 2019.


2019 Uzbekistan Cup, Round of 16
Oq-tepa	4 - 4 (aet, 5 - 4 p) Ittifok Navoiy


2019 Uzbekistan Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 August 2019.


2019 Uzbekistan Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 2 September 2019.


2019 Uzbekistan Pro League
The 2019 Uzbekistan Pro League is the 28th since its establishment. The competition started on 19 March 2019.


2019 Uzbekistan Pro-B League
The 2019 Uzbekistan Pro-B League is the 2nd since its establishment. The competition started on 11 March 2019.


2019 Uzbekistan Pro-B League, Championship Semi-finals, FINALS
Turon and Zaamin qualified for 2020 Uzbekistan Pro League 2020 Uzbekistan  Pro League


2019 Uzbekistan Super Cup
The 2019 Uzbekistan Super Cup was the 5th UzPFL-Supercup. It was contested by the winners of the 2018 Uzbekistan Super League and 2018 Uzbekistan Cup. The match was contested by AGMK and Lokomotiv Tashkent, at Pakhtakor Central Stadium in Tashkent, on 23 February 2019. Lokomotiv Tashkent won the match 2–1.


2019 Uzbekistan Super League
The 2019 Uzbekistan Super League (known as the Coca-Cola Uzbekistan Super League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 28th season of top-level football in Uzbekistan since its establishment on 1992. Lokomotiv Tashkent are the defending champions from the 2018 campaign.


2019 Uzbekistan Super League, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per USL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.


2019 Uzbekistan Super League, Foreign players
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.


2019 Uzbekistan Super League, Awards, Annual awards
The awards of 2019 Uzbekistan Super League were announced on 24 December 2019.


2019 V.League 1
The 2019 V.League 1 (known as the Wake Up 247 V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 63rd season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam.


2019 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 season.


2019 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Rule changes
There will be 1.5 relegation places in the 2019 V.League 1 season - the team finishing 14th will be relegated automatically, while the team finishing 13th will play against the team that finishes second in the 2019 V.League 2.


2019 V.League 1, Changes from last season, Rule changes
The league will operate the "3+1" foreigner rule, where each team is allowed 3 non-Vietnamese players and 1 naturalized Vietnamese.


2019 V.League 1, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 V.League 1, Teams, Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2019 V.League 1, Results, Play-off match
The team finishing 13th faced the runner-up of 2019 V.League 2.


2019 V.League 1, Results, Play-off match
Thanh Hóa won the match and would remain in the 2020 V.League 1.


2019 V.League 1, Positions by round
This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2019 V.League 1, Attendances, By round
* Hanoi FC have to play 2 matches in the 23rd and 25th rounds at home without spectators because of a disciplinary decision.


2019 V.League 1, Season statistics, Hat-tricks
4: scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away


2019 V.League 2
The 2019 V.League 2 (referred to as  LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 5 April 2019 and finished on 5 October 2019. The season started with 12 clubs.


2019 V.League 2, Changes from last season, Team changes
The following teams had changed division since the 2018 season.


2019 V.League 2, Changes from last season, Rule changes
There is one direct promotion spot for the champion. The team finishing second will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed club of 2019 V.League 1. The club finishing last will be relegated to the 2020 Vietnamese National Football Second League


2019 V.League 2, Changes from last season, Name changes
In November 2018 Hà Nội B F.C. renamed as Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh


2019 VBA season
The 2019 VBA season was the fourth season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The regular season began on 1 June 2019 and ended on 18 August 2019. The playoffs began on 24 August 2019 and ended on 31 August 2019. The finals began on 7 September 2019 and ended on 17 September 2019 with the Saigon Heat beating the Cantho Catfish in 5 games.


2019 VCU Rams baseball team
The 2019 VCU Rams baseball team was the program's 49th baseball season. It was their 7th season the Atlantic 10 Conference. The regular season began on February 15, 2019 and concluded on May 18, 2019. The Rams finished as regular season champions.


2019 VCU Rams baseball team, Preseason, A10 media poll
The A10 media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Rams predicted to finish in second place in the Atlantic 10.


2019 VCU Rams baseball team, Regular season, Results
Updated with the results of all games through March 27, 2019.


2019 VCU Rams baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2019 VCU Rams men's soccer team
The 2019 VCU Rams men's soccer team will represent Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It will be the 40th season of the university fielding a program. The Rams were be led by tenth-year head coach, Dave Giffard.


2019 VCU Rams men's soccer team
VCU enter the 2019 season as the defending Atlantic 10 regular season champions.


2019 VCU Rams men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 VCU Rams men's soccer team, Preseason, Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
VCU was selected to finish first in the Atlantic 10 Conference.


2019 VFF National Super League
The 2019 VFF National Super League is the 9th edition of the VFF National Super League, the highest tier football league in Vanuatu apart from Port Vila.


2019 VFF National Super League, First stage, Northern Region, Luganville Top 3
The Top 3 teams from 2018 Luganville Premier League played against each other for two spots in Semifinals


2019 VFF National Super League, First stage, Southern Region
GROUP D: Eastern Nesia (Tafea), Nuvi (Shefa), Fatukei (Shefa), Milo (Shefa)GROUP E: Fenua Temanu Bakou (Shefa), Medics FC (Tafea), LL Echo (Tafea), Lewelkas (Tafea)


2019 VFF National Super League, First stage, Southern Region
GROUP D: Eastern Nesia (Tafea)GROUP E: Fenua Temanu Bakou (Shefa)


2019 VFF National Super League, Final stage, Teams
Four teams from the seven Vanuatu football associations (other than Port Vila) qualified, with two from the Northern Region and two from the Southern Region.


2019 VFF National Super League, Final stage, Final
Winner of the Final qualifies for the 2020 OFC Champions League group stage and the 2019 VFF National Super League grand final.


2019 VFF National Super League, Grand final
The 2019 VFF National Super League Grand Final is played between two teams:


2019 VFF National Super League, Grand final
Both teams had already qualified for the 2020 OFC Champions League by winning their respective competitions. The Grand Final decides the seeding of the two teams in the OFC Champions League, with the winner seeded as Vanuatu 1 and the runner-up seeded as Vanuatu 2.


2019 VFL Women's season
The 2019 VFL Women's season was the fourth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 5 May and concluded with the Grand Final on 22 September 2019. The competition was contested by thirteen clubs. This was to be the last VFLW season until 2021, with no competition held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019 VFL season
The 2019 Victorian Football League season was the 138th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition. The season ran from April 2019 until September 2019. The premiership was won by the Richmond reserves, after it defeated Williamstown in the Grand Final on 22 September 2019 by 3 points. It was the Richmond reserves team's first VFL premiership since entering the competition in 2014; and, the club's third VFA/VFL premiership overall including the two premierships won by its senior team in the early 1900s.


2019 VLN Series
The 2019 VLN Series was the 42nd season of the VLN and the last one with the VLN name.


2019 VMI Keydets football team
The 2019 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was VMI's 129th football season. The Keydets were led by fifth-year head coach Scott Wachenheim. They played their home games at 10,000–seat Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. Their 5 wins were the most achieved in a single season since finishing 6–6 in 2003.


2019 VMI Keydets football team, Previous season
The Keydets finished the 2018 season 1–10, 0–8 in SoCon play to finish in last place.


2019 VMI Keydets football team, Preseason, Preseason media and coaches polls
The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Keydets were picked to finish in 9th place in both polls.


2019 VMI Keydets football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SoCon teams
The Keydets placed four players on the preseason all–SoCon teams.


2019 VTV Awards
The 2019 VTV Awards (Vietnamese: Ấn tượng VTV - Thách thức 2019) is a ceremony honouring the outstanding achievement in television on the Vietnam Television (VTV) network from August 2018 to July 2019. It took place on September 7, 2019 in Hanoi and hosted by Thành Trung, Ngô Kiến Huy & Minh Hà.


2019 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup
The 2019 VTV Cup is the 16th staging of the international tournament. The tournament will held in Quảng Nam, Vietnam.


2019 VTV9 – Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup
The 2019 VTV9 - Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup is the 13th iteration of the VTV9 - Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup. The tournament was held in Kiên Giang, Vietnam.


2019 VTV9 – Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pools
VTV Bình Điền Long An (Host)  Vietinbank  Nanjing  Thailand U23


2019 VTV9 – Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pools
Thông tin LVPB  Đức Giang Hà Nội  Sichuan  Bring It Promotions


2019 VTV9 – Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Cup, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2019 Vaahteraliiga season
The 2019 Vaahteraliiga season was the 40th season of the highest level of American football in Finland. The regular season took place between May 23 and August 31, 2019. Like in the last two seasons, the Helsinki Roosters finished the regular season as top ranked team. In the play-offs, the Roosters and the Kuopio Steelers qualified for the championship game Vaahteramalja LX. Contrary to the regular season, where the Steelers defeated the Roosters in both matches, the Roosters won the final quite clearly. It was the 8th consecutive championship and the 22nd total championship for the Roosters.


2019 Vadodara flood
Due to heavy rain in July–August 2019, the city of Vadodara and its administrative district in the Indian state of Gujarat were affected by severe flooding. On 31 July 2019, nearly 50 cm of rain fell on Vadodara within 12 hours, with 424mm recorded in one 6 hour period. As a result, the nearby Vishwamitri River rose to 1 metre below the danger line and the Ajwa dam overflowed, flooding the city.


2019 Vadodara flood, Consequences
The flood caused 8 deaths and the evacuation of more than 6000 people by the NDRF and SDRF. Train services were cancelled owing to water-logging, and the electricity supply was interrupted. On 1 August, Vadodara Airport was closed, GSRTC buses were cancelled and 69 trains passing through Vadodara Junction railway station were either cancelled or rerouted.


2019 Vadodara flood, Consequences
As water in the Vadodara receded, Crocodiles were seen on Vadodara roads causing harassment to people and stray dogs. 22 crocodiles were rescued from the residential areas of Vadodara within a week after flood.


2019 Vale of White Horse District Council election
The 2019 Vale of White Horse District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Vale of White Horse District Council in England. This was held on the same day as other local elections as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The election saw a landslide for the Liberal Democrats, who regained control of the council from the Conservatives after having previously lost control in 2011.


2019 Vale of White Horse District Council election, Ward Results
George Ryall was the Labour candidate, but appeared on the ballot paper without a party description due to an administrative error.


2019 Valencia City Council election
The 2019 Valencia City Council election, also the 2019 Valencia municipal election, was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the 11th City Council of the municipality of  Valencia. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system
The City Council of Valencia (Valencian: Ajuntament de València, Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Valencia) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Valencia, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.


2019 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system
Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the municipality of Valencia and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


2019 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.


2019 Valencia City Council election, Electoral system
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Valencia, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.


2019 Valencia City Council election, Council composition
The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the City Council at the time of dissolution.


2019 Valencia City Council election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 17 seats are required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Valencia.


2019 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2019 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the nineteenth and final round of the 2019 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 17 November 2019.


2019 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix, Classification, Moto3
The race, scheduled to be run for 21 laps, was red-flagged due to a multiple rider crash . The race was later restarted over 15 laps.


2019 Valencian regional election
The 2019 Valencian regional election was held on Sunday, 28 April 2019, to elect the 10th Corts of the Valencian Community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with the April 2019 Spanish general election. This was the first early regional election ever held in the Valencian Community, as well as the first Valencian election to not be held concurrently with other regional elections.


2019 Valencian regional election
The Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV) and Coalició Compromís formed a minority coalition government in 2015, relying on confidence and supply support from Podemos, an arrangement which was dubbed the "Botànic Agreement" and forced the governing People's Party (PP) into opposition after dominating Valencian politics during the previous 20 years. The political landscape experienced some changes during the next four years, with the PP losing support to the emerging liberal Citizens (Cs) party and the right-wing populist Vox, while on the left, United Left of the Valencian Country (EUPV) formed an electoral alliance with Podemos called Unides Podem.


2019 Valencian regional election
The election resulted in a reduced majority for the left-wing parties. The PSPV emerged as the largest party for the first time since 1991, whereas the PP suffered the worst result in its history. Cs and Vox benefited from the PP's losses, the latter entering the Corts for the first time. Compromís and Unides Podem had disappointing finishes, losing seats and ending up in fourth and sixth place, respectively. These results led to a continuation of the 2015 Botànic Agreement, though this time Podemos and EUPV joined the government as full coalition partners.


2019 Valencian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Corts Valencianes were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Valencian autonomous community, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Valencian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


2019 Valencian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Corts was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Valencian Community and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Valencians abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado). The 99 members of the Corts Valencianes were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.


2019 Valencian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia, with each being allocated an initial minimum of 20 seats and the remaining 39 being distributed in proportion to their populations (provided that the seat-to-population ratio in any given province did not exceed three times that of any other).


2019 Valencian regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Corts Valencianes expired four years after the date of their previous election, unless they were dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Journal of the Valencian Government (DOGV), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 24 May 2015, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 24 May 2019. The election decree was required to be published in the DOGV no later than 30 April 2019, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Corts on Sunday, 23 June 2019.


2019 Valencian regional election, Overview, Election date
The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Corts Valencianes and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Corts were to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called.


2019 Valencian regional election, Background
The 2015 regional election had resulted in the People's Party's (PP) expulsion from the regional government after a 20-year uninterrupted rule. Amid a string of corruption scandals that kept shocking the party and brought down many of its historical figureheads apparently involved in the scandals, the regional PP found itself leaderless and in a precarious situation.


2019 Valencian regional election, Background
'Operation Taula', a major police operation in Valencia that took place on 26 January 2016, resulted in the arrest of several former and current high-ranking members from the regional PP branch, as a consequence of the ongoing investigation on the PP's corruption in the region during its time in government. Judicial investigation also pointed to former long-time Mayor of Valencia Rita Barberá as a participant in the scandal; her arrest or imputation only being prevented by the fact she had legal protection as an incumbent senator. A few days later, on 1 February, all PP city councillors in the city of Valencia were charged for a possible money laundering offense, including new local party leader Alfonso Novo, as well as most members of Barberá's late government.


2019 Valencian regional election, Parliamentary composition
The Corts Valencianes were officially dissolved on 5 March 2019, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Journal of the Valencian Community. The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Corts at the time of dissolution.


2019 Valencian regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2019 Valencian regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2019 Valencian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 50 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Corts Valencianes.


2019 Valenzuela local elections
Local elections was held in Valenzuela on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen (or district representatives), and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.


2019 Valenzuela local elections, Mayoral and vice mayoral election
Incumbent mayor Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian is on his second term as the mayor of Valenzuela. Prior to his election as mayor in 2013, he represented the first district of Valenzuela from 2007 to 2013. It is initially speculated that Rodrigo Duterte's common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña will run for mayor; however, the rumor is debunked by a COMELEC local officer.


2019 Valenzuela local elections, Mayoral and vice mayoral election
Incumbent vice mayor Lorena "Lorie" Natividad-Borja is on her first term as the vice mayor. Prior to her election as vice mayor in 2016, she was a member of the city council representing the second district from 2001–2007 and from 2010–2016.


2019 Valenzuela local elections, Congressional election
The incumbent first district representative is Weslie T. Gatchalian, younger brother to both senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian and incumbent mayor Rexlon T. Gatchalian, is on his first term.


2019 Valenzuela local elections, Congressional election
For the second district, incumbent representative Eric Martinez is also on his first term.


2019 Valenzuela local elections, Election results
The winners of the congressional, mayor and vice mayor seats of Valenzuela City is determined with the highest number of votes received. These positions are voted separately, so there is a possibility that the winning officials came from the same or different political parties.


2019 Valenzuela local elections, Election results, City council elections
The voters in the city are set to elect six councilors on the district where they are registered. Candidates are voted separately so there are chances where winning candidates will have unequal number of votes and may come from different political parties.


2019 Valletta Cup
The 2019 Valletta Cup, was a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Malta between 17 and 20 October 2019. The participating teams were the hosts Malta along with Czech Republic, Iceland and a Hungary XI. Matches played between Malta and the Czech Republic had official Twenty20 International (T20I) status, but because Iceland were not an Associate Member of the ICC and the selected Hungarian squad was not an official national side, matches involving either of these teams did not have T20I status. The matches were played at Marsa Sports Club in Marsa. The Hungarian XI won all of their round-robin matches and their semi-final, but were beaten by the Czech Republic in the final.


2019 Valour FC season
The 2019 Valour FC season was the first season in the club's history, as well as first season in Canadian Premier League history.


2019 Valour FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
Valour FC selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.


2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team
The 2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team represents Valparaiso University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Landon Fox and play their home games at Brown Field. They compete in the Pioneer Football League. It is the school's centennial football season.


2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The Pioneer League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019. The Crusaders were picked to finish tied for ninth place.


2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team, Preseason, Preseason All–PFL teams
The Crusaders had two players selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.


2019 Vancouver International Film Festival
The 38th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) took place from September 26 to October 11, 2019. The opening film was Atom Egoyan's Guest of Honour, and the closing film was Nicolas Bedos's La Belle Époque.


2019 Vancouver Titans season
The 2019 Vancouver Titans season was the first season of Vancouver Titans's existence in the Overwatch League as one of eight expansion franchises added for the 2019 season.


2019 Vancouver Titans season
Vancouver started the season with a 4–0 sweep over the Shanghai Dragons. The team ended Stage 1 with a perfect 7–0 record and went on to win the Stage 1 Finals against the San Francisco Shock. The Titans posted another perfect 7–0 record in Stage 2; however, they lost in the Stage 2 Finals against the Shock, which ended their Overwatch League record 19-game win streak (including playoffs). The team continued their regular season dominance by winning an Overwatch League record 19 consecutive games that was not snapped until on June 23, when the Los Angeles Valiant defeated the Titans.


2019 Vancouver Titans season
While they qualified for the Stage 3 playoffs, Vancouver was defeated by the Shanghai Dragons in the semifinals round. The Titans lost two more times in the regular season, against the Washington Justice and Shock, to end the regular season with a league-best 25–3 record and the top seed in the season playoffs.


2019 Vancouver Titans season
Vancouver started their playoff run by defeating Seoul Dynasty 4–2 in the first round to advance to the first round of the winners bracket. In that round, the Titans defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators 4–2. The win sent the team to the winners bracket final, where they took down the New York Excelsior 4–3 to advance to the  Grand Finals, where they faced the San Francisco Shock. The Titans were swept 0–4 by the Shock.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Preceding offseason
On December 1, Titans also announced that it had signed nine players to the team, including all eight members of the Korean Contenders Champions RunAway, and Hwang "paJion" Ji-Sub as the team's head coach. The signed players were:


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 1
Vancouver began their 2019 season on February 16 with a 4–0 sweep over Shanghai Dragons. In their second week of play, Titans won both of their matches – a 3–2 overtime match against Guangzhou Charge and a 3–1 win over San Francisco Shock. Vancouver found their fourth straight victory in week three, as the team beat Los Angeles Valiant 3–1. Week four saw Vancouver find two more wins against Paris Eternal and Chengdu Hunters. Titans finished off the stage with a sweep over Guangzhou Charge to end with a perfect 7–0 record and claim the top seed in the Stage 1 Playoffs.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 1
Vancouver faced the Boston Uprising in the Stage 1 Quarterfinals on March 21; Titans make quick work of Uprising, sweeping them 3–0, and moved on to the semifinals against Seoul Dynasty. Titans showed a dominant performance in the semifinals, sweeping Dynasty 4–0 to move on to the Finals against San Francisco Shock.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 1
The Stage 1 Finals took place on March 24 with the Titans taking on the sixth-seeded San Francisco Shock. The match opened on Nepal. The Shock were able to punish Vancouver main tank Park "Bumper" Sang-beom's aggressive play style throughout the map; tide-turning Earthshatters from Shock's Matthew "super" DeLisi on Reinhardt pushed the Shock to claim the first map of the series. For the second map, the match went to Nepal. Contrasted to the first map, it was Vancouver's Bumper on Reinhardt executing well-timed Earthshatters, leading to the Shock being full-held and losing the map.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 1
The Shock chose Temple of Anubis for map three; the map went to overtime rounds after both teams completed the map, but the Shock once again completed the map and prevented the Titans from doing the same. For the fourth map, Vancouver selected Dorado. While the Shock put on a solid attack, they were prevented from completing the map; the Titans easily pushed the payload further than the Shock to tie up the series. Map six went to Ilios.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 1
The Shock won the first round, the Titans evened up the map by winning the second, and the Shock took the third round. The Titans selected King's Row for map seven, and they were able to complete the map on their attack led by stellar play from SeoMinSoo on Zarya. Despite clutch plays from Grant "Moth" Espe on Lúcio, the Shock could not capture all three points on their attack. The loss tied the series up 3–3 as the match went to a finals seventh map. For the final map, the Shock selected Rialto.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 1
San Francisco completed the map with a solid time-bank remaining, but Vancouver responded by completing the map with the fastest time recorded ever in the Overwatch League. With both teams completing the map, the match went to overtime rounds. The Shock attacked first, but they were held just before they could cap the first checkpoint. With over four minutes remaining in their time bank, the Titans were able to push the payload further to claim the title of Stage 1 Champions.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 2
Titans picked up Stage 2 where they left off in Stage 1, winning their first match of the stage against Hangzhou Spark 4–0. The team took both their week two matches by a score of 3–1 against Seoul Dynasty and Houston Outlaws. Vancouver won their next three matches, sweeping both Dallas Fuel and Boston Uprising and winning 3–1 against Toronto Defiant, to extend the team's winning streak to an Overwatch League record of 16 games. Titans defeated Seoul Dynasty in their final match of the Stage 2 regular season, once again ending a stage with a perfect 7–0 record, and claimed the second seed in the Stage 2 Playoffs.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 2
Vancouver faced Dallas Fuel in the Stage 2 Quarterfinals on May 10; Titans carried over their dominance from the regular season, sweeping Fuel 3–0 in the match. Vancouver Titans faced New York Excelsior in the highly anticipated Stage 2 Semifinals. New York and Vancouver traded wins in their first two maps, but Titans were able to take the final three maps, defeating Excelsior 4–1.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 2
The Stage 2 Finals were a rematch of the Stage 1 Finals with Vancouver Titans taking on San Francisco Shock. Shock came out with a quick lead, taking both points of the first map Lijiang Tower, but Vancouver quickly turned the tables, winning the second and third maps to go up 2–1 in the match. However, Shock was able to take three maps in a row to win the match 4–2, ending Vancouver's 19-match win streak and playoff run.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 3
Vancouver opened Stage 3 with a match against the Atlanta Reign on June 7. While the Reign were able to tie up the match 1–1 going into halftime, the Titans took the final to maps to win the match 3–1. Two days later, the team took on the Los Angeles Gladiators. The Titans took advantage of the Gladiator's unwillingness to make compositional changes and claimed a 3–1 victory. The following week, Vancouver faced the Hangzhou Spark. Amidst several close maps, the Titans only allowed the Spark to take one map, as they won 3–1 in the match.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 3
Vancouver continued their regular season dominance two days later, as they swept the Dallas Fuel 4–0. The team's next match was on June 21, when they faced the Chengdu Hunters. While Chengdu was able to take the first map of the match, Vancouver came back to take the following three and win the match, 3–1. Two days later, the Titans took on the Los Angeles Valiant. Despite winning the first map, Vancouver fell apart in the following three and lost the match 1–3, which snapped the Titans' 19-game winning streak and ended their undefeated regular season run. The Titans recovered from their first regular season loss in their final match of the stage a week later, as they swept the Los Angeles Gladiators 4–0.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 3
As the second seed in the Stage 3 Playoffs, the Titans first faced the seventh-seeded Houston Outlaws on July 11. The series opened on Ilios; the Titans consistently won team fights, even when they had a player disadvantage, as they took the first map to go up 1–0. The second and third maps, Eichenwalde and Volskaya Industries, saw similar results; the Titans put on a stellar defensive performance in both, despite solid Widowmaker play from Outlaws' DPS LiNkzr. The Titans won the match 3–0 to move on the semifinals.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 3
For their semifinals match, the Titans faced the eighth-seeded Shanghai Dragons two days later. Dragons DPS Yang "DDing" Jin-hyeok on Pharah controlled the first map, Ilios, to give the Dragons a 1–0 lead, but the Titans came right back to even the score 1–1 going into match break. Shanghai came out of the break on fire, taking a close win on Volskaya Industries, putting up a dominant defensive performance on Havana, and closing out the series on Oasis. The DPS-heavy compositions ran by the Dragons proved to be too much to handle, as Vancouver fell 1–4.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 4
For their first match of Stage 4, which would include the implementation of an enforced 2-2-2 role lock by the league, the Titans faced the Dragons in a rematch of the Stage 3 Semifinals; Vancouver took their revenge and won the match 3–1. Three days later, the team took on the Florida Mayhem. Vancouver's DPS Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong on Genji dominated throughout the match, as he amassed 27 Dragonblade kills during the match to set an Overwatch League record for most Dragonblade kills per 10 minutes, and the Titans went on to sweep the Mayhem 4–0.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 4
The following week, the Titans faced the Washington Justice. Justice's DPS Corey "Corey" Nigra led the Justice throughout the match, as he broke the Overwatch League record for critical hit accuracy on Hanzo; in a major upset, the Justice handed the Titans their first-ever 0–4 loss and only their second loss in the entire regular season. The team took on the London Spitfire on August 8 for their first match of week three. While the Spitfire took map one Busan, the Titans came right back with their own win on map two Temple of Anubis to tie up the series.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 4
The teams split the next to maps to push the match into a fifth tiebreaker map; Vancouver edged out London on Ilios and won the match 3–2. The team's next match was against the Philadelphia Fusion three days later; the Titans took a clean 4–0 win. For their final week of play, the Titans headed to The Novo in Los Angeles to play in the Kit Kat Rivalry Weekend, hosted by the Los Angeles Valiant. Vancouver's first match of the weekend was against the San Francisco Shock on August 24.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 4
It was the fourth meeting between the two teams in the 2019 season, and the Titans held a 2–1 head-to-head record over the Shock. After dismantling the Shock on Lijiang Tower, Vancouver fell on Volskaya Industries. The two teams traded wins on maps three and four, pushing the match to a fifth tiebreaker match; the Titans were dominated on map five, leading to a 2–3 match loss. The team's final match of the regular season was against the Atlantic Division Champions New York Excelsior a day later.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Regular season, Stage 4
The two teams traded map wins throughout the match; after four maps the series was tied, forcing the match to a fifth map. Vancouver and New York both took a point in the final map, Lijiang Tower, but the Titans came out on top close out the regular season with a 3–2 match victory.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs
As the top seed in the season playoffs, the Titans took on the eighth-seeded Seoul Dynasty in the first round on September 5. The Titans took control of the match early, claiming Lijiang Tower in the opening map. However, the Dynasty struck right back, grabbing the following two maps, Numbani and Horizon Lunar Colony. The hope for an upset with promptly shut down from there on out, as the Titans regrouped and took victories on Watchpoint: Gibraltar, Busan, and Eichenwalde to take a 4–2 victory.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs
Advancing to the first round of the upper bracket, Vancouver next took on the fifth-seeded Los Angeles Gladiators on September 8. Through the first four maps, the two teams traded maps wins, as the series headed to Lijiang Tower tied 2–2. The Titans adapted to the Gladiators' aggressive playstyle and took the map win; Vancouver went to on to take map six, Eichenwalde, and won the series, 4–2, to advance to the winners final round.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs
For the winners' finals, the Titans took on the second-seeded New York Excelsior on September 13. Titan's DPS Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong ran rampant on Doomfist in the first map, Lijiang Tower, as the Titans took a convincing map one win. New York sent the match to King's Row next; the Excelsior struck back in map two, completing the map on their attack and holding Vancouver from completing the same feat, due in part to a stellar performance by New York's DPS Kim "Libero" Hye-sung on Doomfist.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs
With the series tied 1–1 coming out of a match break, Vancouver chose Temple of Anubis for the next map. Both teams managed to complete the map on their respective attacks, New York brought out an effective Bastion on their second attack, leading to a map win for the Excelsior. Titan's DPS Seo "SeoMinSoo" Min-Soo's stellar Reaper and Doomfist play, along with well-coordinated plays from Vancouver's tank line, propelled the Titans to take maps four and five, while New York struck back to tie up the series by winning map six, Numbani. For the final map, Vancouver selected Dorado; the Titans completed the map on their attack, and with a stellar defense, they held New York from doing the same. The 4–2 victory sent the Titans to the Grand Finals, where they took on the San Francisco Shock.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs, Grand Finals
As the higher seed in the matchup, the Titans selected control map Lijiang Tower – a map that Vancouver has been historically good on – to open the match. The Shock came out strong and took the first point of the round. In round two, the Titans came out on top of the first team fight and took first control. The two teams traded point captures in round two, but a strong performance by Shock Jay "sinatraa" Won on Doomfist sealed a map win for the Shock in the second round.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs, Grand Finals
Vancouver selected Eichenwalde for map two. San Francisco attacked first and were able to capture the first point on their first attempt. As the map moved to the escort potion, the Shock did not lose a team fight as they captured the second point with over four minutes in the time bank. As the payload was escorted though the final phase of the map, Rascal used Mei's ice walls helping to both protect and elevate Architect's Bastion to give him high ground.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs, Grand Finals
Notably, Architect had managed to get Bastion up onto one of the chandeliers that hung near the end of the map and, subsequently, prevented the Titans from challenging the final capture from this tactical position. The Shock finished the map with 2:49 in the time bank. For their defense, the Shock opted to defend with Rascal on Pharah, while Architect remained on Bastion. The Titans responded well, and through a lengthy team fight, they were able to capture the first point and began escorting the payload.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs, Grand Finals
After Vancouver reached the second checkpoint, the Shock were able to stop the Titans in the first fight of the third phase, but the Titans came back in full force and finished the map with 2:47 in their time bank. As both teams completed the map, the map went to overtime rounds; Vancouver attacked first, but they were only able to capture about half of the first point.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs, Grand Finals
On San Francisco's attack, they were held up under the choke point for an extended amount of time, but the team was able to touch the capture area as time ran out to force an overtime timer; a clutch ultimate from Choi "ChoiHyoBin" Hyo-bin on Sigma led to the Shock closing out the map with a win.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs, Grand Finals
Coming out of halftime, the Titan's chose assault map Temple of Anubis for the match's third map; the Shock brought sinatraa and Striker back in for Rascal and Architect. The Titans attacked first and were able to capture the first point on their first attempt. After a few failed attempts, the Titans finally broke through the Shock's second point defenses and, after a lengthy stagger delay from the Shock, finished the map with 1:34 remaining.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs, Grand Finals
On defense, the Titans focused on shutting down sinatraa's Doomfist, and found some success, as they were able to hold of the Shock's first and second attacks. However, the Shock finally broke through the Titan defense as the timer ran out and captured the first point in overtime. San Francisco carried that momentum into the second point and won the first team fight to finish the map with 2:12 in their time bank.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs, Grand Finals
The Titans had the first attack in overtime rounds; after getting shut down multiple times, Haksal's Doomfist created an opening for the Titans to take the first point with less than 15 seconds remaining. With only time for one more attack, the Titan's failed to capture the second point. The Shock responded on their attack by taking the first point on their first attempt. Striker found an early pick as the Shock attacked the second point, but Vancouver was able to recover and held back the Shock. San Francisco responded by taking down Vancouver in the next team fight and took their third map win.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Playoffs, Grand Finals
With the Shock at match point, the Titans selected Watchpoint: Gibraltar for map four. Defending first, Vancouver overcame the Bastion/Mei composition run by San Francisco in the first team fight right at the beginning of the map; however, the Shock eventually broke through the Titan defense and went on to complete the map with 1:52 remaining. Vancouver struggled to push the payload to the first checkpoint on their attack, largely due to a stellar performance by Shock's DPS Rascal on Pharah. The Titans eventually broke through and pushed the payload past the second checkpoint. However, Vancouver could not find a footing in the final phase of the map. With Architect as Bastion on the high ground defending the final checkpoint of the map, the Shock held the Titans from completing the map and claimed a 4–0 sweep, ending the Titan's season in second place.


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Final roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2019 regular season:


2019 Vancouver Titans season, Awards
Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong and Lee "Twilight" Ju-seok were awarded the Role Star commendation for DPS and support, respectively; Haksal was also named the OWL Rookie of the year. Twilight and tank Choi "Jjanu" Hyeon-woo were finalists for the league's most valuable player award, but the Shock's Jay "Sinatraa" Won won the award.


2019 Vancouver Warriors season
The Vancouver Warriors are a lacrosse team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2019 season is the 20th in franchise history and the 6th season in Vancouver. The franchise previously played in Everett, Washington, San Jose, and Albany, New York. They were the Vancouver Stealth but changed their team name during the off season  to the Vancouver Warriors for 2019 season.


2019 Vancouver Warriors season, Regular season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season
The 2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's ninth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this was 42nd season of professional soccer played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.


2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season
On November 7, 2018, the Whitecaps named Marc Dos Santos as their fourth head coach since joining MLS.


2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season
Outside of the MLS, the Whitecaps participated in the 2019 Canadian Championship. They lost 2–1 on aggregate to Cavalry FC in the third round.


2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Major League Soccer, Regular season, Results
Last updated: October 6, 2019Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season, Playing statistics
Source: (for players and positions) 00(for squad numbers) 00(for actual stats.)


2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team
The 2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represents Vanderbilt University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field. The team compiled a record of 59-12 and won the 2019 NCAA National Championship, as well as the SEC regular-season and tournament championships.


2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team, Preseason, SEC media poll
The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Commodores predicted to win the Eastern Division and the SEC Championship.


2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team, Schedule and results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.


2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2019 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 2019 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Commodores played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by sixth-year head coach Derek Mason.


2019 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Previous season
The Commodores finished the 2018 season 6–7, 3–5 in SEC play to finish in sixth place in the Eastern Division. They went to the Texas Bowl and lost 38-45 to Baylor. On January 11, 2019, Vanderbilt offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig was hired to take the same position at Utah, leaving the position vacant. On January 31, 2019, Vanderbilt special teams coach Shawn Mennenga left to take the same position for the Green Bay Packers, leaving the position vacant. On February 8, 2019, Gerry Gdowski, Vanderbilt's quarterbacks coach, was promoted to fill the offensive coordinator vacancy.


2019 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Preseason, SEC media poll
The 2019 SEC Media Days were held July 15–18 in Birmingham, Alabama. In the preseason media poll, Vanderbilt was projected to finish in last in the East Division.


2019 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SEC teams
The Commodores had three players selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.


2019 Vankor 350
The 2019 Vankor 350 was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on March 29, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 147 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the fifth race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.


2019 Vankor 350, Practice, First practice
Johnny Sauter was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.098 seconds and a speed of 185.580 mph (298.662 km/h).


2019 Vankor 350, Practice, Final practice
Austin Hill was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.061 seconds and a speed of 185.816 mph (299.042 km/h).


2019 Vankor 350, Qualifying
Grant Enfinger scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.823 seconds and a speed of 187.350 mph (301.511 km/h).


2019 Varsity Cup
The 2019 Varsity Cup was the 12th season of the Varsity Cup, the top competition in the annual Varsity Rugby series. It was played between 4 February and 22 April 2019 and featured nine university teams.


2019 Varsity Cup
There was a debut in the competition for  UWC, who won promotion from the Varsity Shield in 2018.


2019 Varsity Cup, Competition rules and information
There were nine participating university teams in the 2019 Varsity Cup. They played each other once during the pool stage, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2019 Varsity Cup, Competition rules and information
The top four teams after the pool stage qualified for the semifinals, which were followed by a final.


2019 Varsity Cup, Teams
The teams that played in the 2019 Varsity Cup are:


2019 Varsity Cup, Pool stage, Standings
The top four teams qualified for the semifinals. Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2019 Varsity Cup, Pool stage, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2019 Varsity Cup:


2019 Varsity Cup, North v South match
After the season, a further match was played between a selection of players from the northern universities —  CUT Ixias,  NWU Pukke,  UJ,  UP Tuks and  Wits — and a selection of players from the southern universities —  Maties,  UCT Ikey Tigers,  UFS Shimlas and  UWC:


2019 Varsity Rugby
2019 Varsity Rugby was the 2019 edition of four rugby union competitions annually played between several university teams in South Africa. It was contested from 4 February to 22 April 2019 and was the twelfth edition of these competitions.


2019 Varsity Rugby, Varsity Cup
The following teams competed in the 2019 Varsity Cup:  CUT Ixias,  Maties,  NWU Pukke,  UCT Ikey Tigers,  UFS Shimlas,  UJ,  UP Tuks,  UWC and  Wits. It was the first appearance in the competition for UWC, who won promotion from the 2018 Varsity Shield.


2019 Varsity Rugby, Varsity Shield
The following teams competed in the 2019 Varsity Shield:  CPUT,  NMU Madibaz,  Rhodes,  TUT Vikings,  UFH Blues,  UKZN Impi and  WSU All Blacks. It was the first appearance in the competition for NMU Madibaz, who were relegated from the 2018 Varsity Cup.


2019 Varsity Rugby, Young Guns, Competition rules
There were nine participating universities in the 2019 Young Guns competition, the Under-20 sides of each of the nine Varsity Cup teams. These teams were divided into three regionalised sections and each team played every team in their section twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.


2019 Varsity Rugby, Young Guns, Competition rules
Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored}} four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost}} a match by eight points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2019 Varsity Rugby, Young Guns, Competition rules
The three section winners qualified for the semi-finals, along with the runner-up with the best record.


2019 Varsity Rugby, Res Rugby, Competition rules
There were nine participating teams in the 2019 Res Rugby competition — the winners of the internal leagues of each of the nine Varsity Cup teams. These teams were divided into two divisions (a Championship division with five teams and a Premiership division with four teams) and each team played every team in their division once over the course of the season, either at home or away.


2019 Varsity Rugby, Res Rugby, Competition rules
Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored}} four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost}} a match by eight points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2019 Varsity Rugby, Res Rugby, Competition rules
The top two teams in the Championship qualified for the final.


2019 Varsity Shield
The 2019 Varsity Shield was the 9th season of the Varsity Shield, the second-tier competition in the annual Varsity Rugby series. It was played between 18 February and 11 April 2019 and featured seven university teams.


2019 Varsity Shield
There was a debut in the competition for  NMU Madibaz, who were relegated from the Varsity Cup in 2018.


2019 Varsity Shield, Competition rules and information
There were seven participating university teams in the 2019 Varsity Shield. They played each other once during the pool stage, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2019 Varsity Shield, Competition rules and information
The top four teams after the pool stage qualified for the semifinals, which were followed by a final. 2019 is a non-relegation year.


2019 Varsity Shield, Teams
The teams that played in the 2019 Varsity Cup are:


2019 Varsity Shield, Pool stage, Standings
The top four teams qualified for the semifinals. Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2019 Varsity Shield, Pool stage, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2019 Varsity Shield:


2019 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
The 37th Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament 2019, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between 1 and 3 February 2019.


2019 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
This international tournament includes competition men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the Olympic Champion, Hamit Kaplan and Turkish Wrestler and manager Vehbi Emre.


2019 Veikkausliiga
The 2019 Veikkausliiga was the eighty-ninth season of top-tier football in Finland. Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi were the defending champions.


2019 Veikkausliiga, New league format
Veikkausliiga adopted a new league format for the 2019 season. Each team played against each other twice in the regular season. After the regular season the top six teams advanced to the Championship Series which determines the champion and European tournament qualification places. The bottom six teams advanced to the Challenger Series. The best team from the Challenger Series plays in a tournament against the Championship Series' 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams. The winner from that plays in a final series against the 3rd best team from the Championship Series. The last UEFA Europa League qualification place goes to the winner of that final series.


2019 Veikkausliiga, New league format
The bottom team from the Challenger Series will relegate to the Ykkönen, and second to last team will play in a relegation play-off series against the 2nd best team from Ykkönen.


2019 Veikkausliiga, Teams
Palloseura Kemi Kings were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2018 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions HIFK Fotboll.


2019 Veikkausliiga, Teams
Turun Palloseura as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team Kokkolan Palloveikot in a relegation/promotion playoff.


2019 Veikkausliiga, League table, European competition
Five teams will play for a spot in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.


2019 Veldhoven Open
The 2019 Veldhoven Open, officially known as the 2019 Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open, was a professional nine-ball pool tournament and the fourth Euro Tour event of 2019. It was held at the NH Koningshof in Veldhoven, Netherlands. The men's event was held from 1 to 3 August, and the women's event was held from 2 to 4 August. The event followed the Austria Open and preceded the Klagenfurt Open.


2019 Veldhoven Open
The men's defending champion was Austria's Mario He, who won the 2018 Veldhoven Open after defeating Albania's Eklent Kaçi 9–8 in the final. He defended his championship, defeating Kaçi in the first knockout round, Germany's Joshua Filler in the semi-finals and Estonia's Denis Grabe in the final 9–2. In the women's event, the defending champion was Austria's Jasmin Ouschan, who defeated Oliwia Czupryńska 7–3 in the final of the previous year's event. Ouschan also successfully defended her championship, defeating Germany's Melanie Suessenguth 7–4 in the final. The event's total prize fund was €38,000, with the winner receiving €4,500.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament format
The event was held from 1 to 3 August for the men's event, and 2 to 4 August for the women's event. Both events were first played as a double-elimination tournament. It was held at the NH Koningshof in Veldhoven, Netherlands. The men's event became a single-elimination bracket at the round-of-32, while the women's event remained a double-elimination tournament until the round-of-16. All matches were played as race-to-nine racks.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament format
The defending champion of the men's event was Mario He, who won the 2018 Veldhoven Open defeating Eklent Kaçi in the final. The defending champion of the women's event was Jasmin Ouschan, who defeated Oliwia Czuprynska 7–3 in the final of the previous year's event.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament format, Prize fund
Both the men's and women's event's prize fund was similar to those of other Euro Tour events, totalling €38,000, with €4,500 being awarded to the winners of the event.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Men's event
On 1 August 2019, the double-elimination round began at 09:00 CET. All matches were played under the alternative break format as a race-to-nine racks. The event had a total of 193 participants, including all top-16 players.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Men's event, Double elimination
Defending champion Mario He received a bye in his first round match, then defeated Tobias Bongers in the first winner's round 9–4. He progressed to the round-of-32 after a playoff win over Mateusz Śniegocki. Mark Gray defeated Daniel Maciol 9–7 in the second winner's round. Maciol took a time-out when the score was tied 6–6, but played significantly worse when he returned. Gray reached the winner's playoff round, but lost to Karol Skowerski, and then in the loser's playoff to Marcel Price. Number one-ranked Euro Tour player Eklent Kaçi reached the winner's playoff round, before losing 6–9 to Sergey Lutsker. Kaçi later won his loser's playoff round match against Albin Ouschan to advance to the knockout round.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Men's event, Double elimination
Ten-time Euro Tour event winner Niels Feijen failed to make the knockout round. He was awarded a walkover in his first round match, defeating Tim De Ruyter 9–2 before losing 6–9 to Marco Dorenburg. In the loser's side, Feijen lost his next match to 14-year-old Dutch player Yannick Pongers 8–9. Three-time world champion Oliver Ortmann also failed to progress, despite defeating fourth seed Ralf Souquet 9–6. Ortmann lost to Ruslan Chinachov 8–9 in the winner's playoff and to Jacques Wollschlaeger 4–9 in the loser's playoff. After a playoff loss to Fedor Gorst, Souquet did not reach the knockout round either.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Men's event, Knockout rounds
The round-of-32 took place on 2 August, and all subsequent rounds were played on 3 August. Syria's Mohammad Soufi reached the quarter-finals, after wins over De Ruyter and Wollschlaeger (both 9–4). Marc Bijsterbosch faced Soufi, after a 9–3 win over Radosław Babica and a whitewash of Mateusz Śniegocki. Alex Montpellier defeated Greece's Nick Malai (9–6) and Nikos Ekonomopoulos (9–5) en route to the quarter-finals. Montpellier later played Estonia's Denis Grabe, after Grabe defeated Stefan Nolle 9–4 and Ruslan Chinachov 9–3.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Men's event, Knockout rounds
Mario He also advanced to the quarter-finals. His last match in the round-of-32 was a rematch of the previous year's final against Eklent Kaçi, which he won 9–8. This match, however, was more one-sided, with He winning 9–4. Poland's Konrad Juszczyszyn defeated 1999 World Pool Masters champion Alex Lely 9–4. Mario He defeated Juszczyszyn 9–6 to reach the quarter-finals. Oliver Szolnoki also reached the quarter-finals, after 9–6 victories over Moritz Neuhausen and Jakub Koniar.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Men's event, Knockout rounds
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz defeated Damianos Giallourakis in the round-of-32, following Giallourakis's best run in a Euro Tour event, reaching the quarter-final at the Austria Open earlier in the season. However, Sanchez-Ruiz was eliminated in the round-of-16, after losing to Fedor Gorst 4–9. Reigning world nine-ball champion Joshua Filler advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating Marcel Price and Serbia's Aleksa Pecelj.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Men's event, Knockout rounds
Marc Bijsterbosch defeated Mohamad Soufi 9–2 to advance to the semi-final. Denis Grabe defeated Alex Montpellier 9–1, with Montpellier only winning rack four. Both Mario He and Joshua Filler progressed to the semi-finals following victories over Oliver Szolnoki and Fedor Gorst, respectively. With the victory, Filler was guaranteed to regain the top spot in the Euro Tour rankings, which was previously held by Eklent Kaci.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Men's event, Knockout rounds
The first semi-final match was held between Bijsterbosch and Grabe at 14:30 EST. Bijsterbosch took an early lead, gaining an advantage at 4–2, 5–3, and 7–5. However, Grabe fought back to tie the match 7–7. He won the final two racks (four in total) to win 9–7 and reach the final. The second semi-final was held between He and Filler at 16:00 EST. The match was tight, with a difference of no more than a one rack between the two players throughout. At 7–7, Filler reached the hill, on his own break, with He taking the match to hill-hill at 8–8. Filler's break on the decider was a dry break, allowing He to run the rack to win the frame and the match.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Men's event, Knockout rounds
The final was played at 18:00 EST between defending champion Mario He and Denis Grabe. Grabe was a two-time champion of Euro Tour events, having won the 2014 Slovenia Open and 2014 Austria Open. Mario He was a four-time champion, having won two events in 2018. The match took place on He's birthday. The final was one-sided, with He taking an early lead at 5–1. Grabe won rack seven, but He won the next four racks to win the match and the championship 9–2.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Women's event
The women's event was held between 2 and 4 August 2019, with a total of 59 participants. The event was a double-elimination bracket. With 16 players remaining, the event reverted to a single-elimination structure. Jasmin Ouschan and Kristina Tkach were tied for number one in the women's Euro Tour rankings. Last year's runner-up Oliwia Czuprynska lost to Tina Vogelmann 4–7 in the double-elimination round, and then lost to Tkach 7–1 in the loser's qualification round. Germany's Melanie Suessenguth had already defeated Tkach 7–5 in the winner's round. In a match that was predicted to be a close match, Ukraine's Kateryna Polovinchuk defeated Valeriia Trushevskaia 7–1.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Women's event
The knockout round saw a repeat of the Austria Open final, with Ouschan facing Marharyta Fefilava. The match finished with the same scoreline, with Ouschan winning the match 7–1. Tkach also defeated Diana Stateczny 7–6 in the round-of-16, but lost to Tina Vogelmann 7–4 in the quarter-finals. Ouschan won her quarter-final match against Diana Khodjaeva 7–1 to guarantee securing the number one spot in the rankings. Veronika Hubrtova also advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Yvonne Ullmann-Hybler in the round-of-16 and Germany's Ina Kaplan in the quarter-finals (both 7–4). Melanie Suessenguth reached the semi-finals after wins over Christine Steinlage and Natalia Seroshtan.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament summary, Women's event
The semi-finals were played on 4 August, with Ouschan and Suessenguth progressing. Ouschan defeated Vogelmann 7–3, and Suessenguth defeated Hubrtova 7–5. Sussenguth was playing in her first final, whilst Ouschan had previously played in 20 finals. Ouschan won the final 7–4, successfully defending her title. In her six matches in the tournament, Ouschan conceded just 14 racks, winning 47. A strong break off shot was cited as a reason for her dominance in the event.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament results, Men's event
The following matches are from the round of 32 onward. Players in bold denote match winners.


2019 Veldhoven Open, Tournament results, Women's event
The following matches are from the round of 16 stage onward. Players in bold denote match winners.


2019 Venezuelan Amnesty Law
The 2019 Venezuelan Amnesty Law (Spanish: Ley de Amnistía a nombre de la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela) is a law promulgated by the National Assembly of Venezuela that was created to give amnesty to civilians, military and other officials identified as prisoners, persecuted and political exiles for acts committed from 1 January 1999 until the promulgation of the law, and that included political acts such as rebellion and sedition. Its objective was to eliminate some legal effects that could endanger the consolidation of a new government during the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis and for military personnel and authorities who help to "restore constitutional order".


2019 Venezuelan Amnesty Law
Human Rights Watch has called for an amendment of the law as it may provide amnesty for public workers or military involved in serious human rights violations.